If you are interested in helping develop jQuery UI, you are in the right place.
To discuss development with team members and the community, visit the Developing jQuery UI Forum or in #jquery on irc.freednode.net.

In general, fork the project, create a branch for a specific change and send a
pull request for that branch. Don't mix unrelated changes. You can use the commit
message as the description for the pull request.

Running the Unit Tests

Run the unit tests with a local server that supports PHP. No database is required. Pre-configured php local servers are available for Windows and Mac. Here are some options:

For committers

Do not merge pull requests directly through GitHub's interface.
Most pull requests are a single commit; cherry-picking will avoid creating a merge commit.
It's also common for contributors to make minor fixes in an additional one or two commits.
These should be squashed before landing in master.

Make sure the author has a valid name and email address associated with the commit.